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SEAT FOR STREET CARS. No. 287,644. ?www Patented Oct. 30, 1883..

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UNITE STATES WILLIAM DON, on NEW YORK, AssIGNoR TO'WLLIAM WHITE, orWHITE- V PATiNT 'OFFIC 5 PLAINS, N. Y.

SEAT FOR STREET-CARS.

SPECIFICATION formng part of Letters Patent No. 287,641, dated October30, .1883.

' Application filed July 12,1333.` (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM DON, acitizen of the United States,residin'g at New York, .n the county and State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Gar-Seats, of 'which thefollowing is a specification. F

This invention is especially adapted to the seats of street-cars, 'andparticularly of such cars in which the seats extend crosswise. Itconsists in hand-rails for the seat ends; also, in curtain-railscombined with the hand-rails, and in top rails for the seat-back, ashereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of aportion of a car containing my invention. Fig. .2 is a 'cross-sectionthereof. Fig. 3 is adetail view of parts.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts,

The letter-A designates two adjacent seats extending crosswise of thebody of a car. These seats face in opposite direction, and arefurnishedwith a back, O, whichis common to both, and which is joined atthe ends to posts on opposite sides of the car, such posts beinginterned-iate of the seats.

The letter D indicates hand-rails located at.

the opposite ends of the seats, respectively;

These rails extend continuously from the front directly to the seats byscrews or other suitable means, such endsbeing curved, while the upperends and intermediate portions thereof are fastened to the post Bthrough the medium of 'socket-piecesfiwhere'by the rails are held inproper relation to the seats and posts.

The letter H denotes *rails located at the top of the car for receivingthe ourtains -used ed thereby, and hence the car-body is left free a ofthe fastenin'gs commonly used for holding the curtain-rails in positionrThe means employed for connecting the curtain-rails H to the hand-railsD consist of a screw-nipple, e,

formed on the upper end of the hand-rails, l

respectively, to'project through a suitable hole in the curtain-rails,and of a clampingnut, s, fitted on the end of the nipple. It will beperceived that this union is very simple and inexpensive, while itpermits the disconnection of theparts when desirable or necessary.

the back C of the seats. -The opposite ends of this-back rail arefastened to the posts B by screws or othersuitable means, and theinterand not only tends to heighten the back, but

also acts as a brace to the posts. One of the socket-pieces o is locatedat about the midlength of the back-rail I, where the latter is divided,as at Z, into two parts or sections, and by this means the rail isadapted to receive the socket-pieees from the plain inner ends of itsSections, instead of from the outer ends, while the joint between theSections 'is hid from view.. Said method of applying the socket-pieces ois desirable when the outer or opposite ends of the back-rail arefastened to the posts B in the manner stated, because such ends are bentlaterally and widened, thus preventing the passage of the socketpiecesthereon.

It is preferred to make the several rails mentioned of metallic tubingfor lightness and strength.

What I claim as new, Letters Patent, is.-'

1. The combination, with the adjacent carseats and intermediate posts,of the hand- -rails extending continuously from the front edge of theseats, respectively,to a point near and desire to secure by The letter Idesignates a rail' surmounting the top of the posts, substantially asand for the purpose described.

2. The combination, with the adjacent carseats and internediate posts,of the hand- 5 rails extending` continuously from the front edge of theseats, respectively, to a point near the top of the posts, the lower endof such rails being fastened directly to the seats, and the upper endsand internedate portions [o thereof being fastened to the posts bysocketpieces, substantiaily as and for the purpose described.

3. The eonbinatio,with the adjacent seats, the internediate posts, andthe hand-rails ex- I 5 tending to a point near the top of the posts, ofthe eurtain-rails united to the upper ends of the hand-rails,substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. The conbinationwith the adjacent seats, the internediate posts, andthe hand-rails ex tending to a point near the top of the posts,

of the c'urtain-rails united to the upper ends of the hand-rails bymeans of the screw-nipple and clanping-nut, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

5. The conbination,with the adjaeent seats, the internediate posts, andthe back common to both seats, of the sectional back-rail having itsopposite ends fastened to the posts, and the internediate portionthereof fastened to the back by socket-pieees, one of which is lor eatedat the nid-length of such rail, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

"WILLIAM DON. EL. s.]

\Vitnessesz W. HAUFF, CHAS. WAnLnns.

